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  1. Health & Medicine

    Do Arctic diets protect prostates?

    Marine diets appear to explain why the incidence of prostate cancer among Inuit men is lower than that of males anywhere else in the world.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Paleontology

    Reptile remains fill in fossil record

    The fossil remains of a sphenodontian, an ancient, lizardlike reptile, are helping fill a 120-million-year-old gap between this creature's ancestors and today's tuatara, sole survivors of the once prominent group.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Earth

    Toxic Controversy: Perchlorate found in milk, but risk is debated

    Researchers in Texas have detected the chemical perchlorate in milk, crops, and a significant portion of the state's groundwater.

    By Ben Harder
  4. Humans

    Nobel prizes go to scientists harnessing odd phenomena

    The 2003 Nobel prizes in the sciences were announced early this week.